AmyUD06

"Combo Tickets" for both parks don't exist; they have different owners. KD tickets will be approx. $20+ less than gate cost per person if you buy online in advance and choose what specific day you're going. The website is currently showing 2019 Any Day tickets for $39.99, which I believe is $20 off the gate price. If you're going to any other CF parks this year, a Platinum Pass pays for itself in three trips when you consider parking. Busch Gardens website is showing 1-day admission for $59.49 right now, down from $84.99 at the gate. That offer "expires Jan 30th." Both parks should have minimal crowds on a weekend in April.

Great report. Man do I miss those tank-control bumper cars....used to be a set at Dorney (gas powered even!) and similar electric ones in Wildwood.

Not looking for any kinda points, looking to counter this guy every chance I get.

False. SF Parks have 9, and there are (or will be in the near future) 11 at other parks. https://rcdb.com/r.htm?ot=2&mk=10583&ii

GateKeeper 2.0 2020!

Based on this guys other posts, I'd say the latter.

Can't tell if serious or not...

I have two philosophies when I travel: Option 1 - Luxury/Best-of-the-Best. In this case, that would be Breakers. Option 2 - Cheapest I can get where I'm not going to get robbed at/infected with bedbugs. In this case, that would be the Magnuson Hotel. Others here will call boo but I had a perfectly fine 3-night stay back in June 2017 for like $40 a night. The pool being open until midnight was awesome. On an amusement park trip you're not spending any time in the hotel.

And Dorney Park, Valleyfair, and Michigan's Adventure fans everywhere wept...

I have never heard of any of them (yes I've heard of the source bands for the cover groups) and am strangely very proud of that fact.

Boo. Can't replicate the freedom of classic Enterprise restraints (that is the lack thereof).

So what Arrows were recently or soon to be disassembled to be transplanted to this park?

LOL such a Six Flags thing...

Muskegon is the home of Michigan's Adventure. The joke is that it's not believed to be much of a park, so the region could use an "actual" park. I personally disagree with the assessment and found MiA to be quaint and perfectly sized for the region.

$5,000 if they have any hope of turning a profit within the first decade.

There aren't any. Some people are just obsessed over minutiae.

If you've got the money to blow on Season Fast Lane at Dorney I'm guessing you're well funded enough to afford them all LOL.

Good thing they qualified it with "in Texas" otherwise there would've been multiple correct answers LOL.

Just to blow things completely out of proportion, the cleared areas are similar to that which would be needed for the pier-spanning wooden coaster. No I don't think that's actually what's going on.

Interesting that it's Disney filing for the patent and not Vekoma.

Definitely: Morey's Piers Likely: Kings Dominion Dorney Park Maybe: Cedar Point Kings Island Waldameer Conneaut Lake Kennywood

SFGAdv did the same thing to their HydroFlume midway through its life as well.

The park closes at 8 and that day isn't on their Haunt calendar, so I'd assume no Haunt that day.

Good catch. The Mambo Burger food truck was near the rear of Candy Apple Grove, next to the Taco truck and smoking zone, and across from the Beer truck, near Racer 75/Windseeker/Twist&Shop.

Quick TR from this weekend. Pictures minimal. So I arrived for opening on Friday night, a little bit after opening at 7. Decent enough crowds... Made my way into Old Virginia and came across one of their roving troupes of musicians. I then Tollway Terror, their driving haunt, as it is known for huge lines and is not available on the Fright Lane program. Not too bad. This is often the best of their haunts, since it allows some space between cars/groups. I have to admit a few of the actors actually got me good. Hopped on Grizzly with a station wait... And didn't get beat up too bad, so 7/10. I then hit up Blood on the Bayou, which was actually grouping people to leave some gaps. This was the only house I experienced this on all weekend, much to my disappointment; all of the others (and this one one Saturday night) were just sending continuous streams of people trough. Given that the lines were reaching 2-3 hours on Saturday night, I guess this is necessary, but kinda ruins the experience. I then went to Anaconda for a decent wait, and found it a lot smoother than I remember. Never go away. 6/10. Backlot Stunt Coaster and Intimidator's line was full siwtchbacks, so I passed. The Lockdown house had a line out into the midway. Saw Volcano had a fence erected by its entrance/FL queue...hope this doesn't bode poorly for this rides future. I saw Avalance had a substantial line, so I just headed back to the hotel, as I had the entire day at the park the next day ahead. Day 2, I arrived right at 10:00 for opening and quickly hopped on Dominator (definitely has that B&M rattle, 6/10) and Berserker, which I haven't been on an inverting ship in probably a decade. Classic ride. Tried to go towards Avalanche with Platinum Pass early entry, but apparently they weren't doing it today, so just hung out for a while until the rest of the park opened. Hit Woodstock Express for the first public train of the day, then it was onward to Intimidator 305, which had a decent line but didn't take more than 20 mintues. 10/10 as always. The hopped on front row of Backlot after a brief 2 train wait. 7/10. Wandered back towards Twisted Timbers and found a substantial line and one-train operations, so decided to grab some breakfast (a double cheeseburger) at the Juke Box Diner. I was the only customer, and had to order via a screen, and then wait about 15 minutes for a super-dry burger. Not impressed. I then went for Bad Apple, Racer 75, and Drop Tower, all with minimal waits, and decided to head back to the hotel for a nap and to get ready for the night's festivities. Got back to the park at around 5:45, and bought both Fright Lane and Fastlane Plus passes after seeing the security lines. This would turn out to be a great purchase, especially the Fight Lane. So from here I get a bit fuzzy on the order (forgot to take pictures as I went through), but I did all of the other mazes (except Blackout) and found them par for the course for Cedar Fair haunts - decent artistry but no real scares. No Vacancy: Condemed was nearly black inside but they gave flashlights to just about everyone which eliminated the point. Notably all of the mazes had 2-3 hour lines, extending well beyond their setup queue lines, often backing up to nearby maze lines and getting mixed together. As for rides, I hit Avalanche (please never remove this, 8/10), Twisted Timbers (10/10), and the swings. I also got a burger from the food truck Mambo Burger, which took much longer than it should have for a only halfway decent burger. Day 3, I swung back into the park just for a front row ride on Twisted Timbers, and then made by way back to Delaware. Next Trip: KD for Winterfest.